Saturday, April 18, 2009

Homeless Herald; April 18, 2009

Announcements

Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
Crochet and Knit Class: The Crochet and Knit Class will be taking a break for the Spring and Summer. It will resume in November, 2009.
Zumba Class: We now have a Zumba class for STAR students and other interested guests and staff, on Tuesdays from 3:00 until 3:45 in the Community Room. Zumba blends Latin dance and aerobics for a high energy workout. Kelly Thrall, former Front Desk Coordinator and certified Zumba Instructor, is the facilitator.

ABE

▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Money Smart: 10-week finance class starting March 2 sponsored by Lake City Bank; Mondays 7-8:30 p.m. Get paid $15 per class! Build or fix your credit through interest-free loans.
Priority eligibility: STAR graduates, Transitional guests, Starting Over Graduates, coach referral (if open seats exist). Sign up in ABE room.
▪ABE Incentives: Students will be given a card to be initialed during each walk-in class attended. Once a student has attended 10 walk-in programs, cards can be redeemed for prizes.
▪Poetry Jam: Mondays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Writing: Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪Math: Computation--Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 1-2 p.m.; Applied--Fridays, 2-3 p.m.
▪Gender Roles: Fridays, 3-4 pm.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Computer Keyboarding Classes: Beginning April 2; Thursdays, 3-4 p.m..
▪Grammar Classes: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Taking a break; moving to Sundays, 6-7 p.m., in the chapel, starting April 19.
Health and Wellness Class: Sundays from April 19 through May 17th 3:30 - 4:30 on the SO/SH room.
--April 19, Mediation facts and compliance; April 26, Living with diabetes; May 3, Managing pain without drugs; May 10, Coming out of depression without drugs; May 17, Sexual health.
Power in the Workplace II: Cancelled.
Note: Both "Health and Wellness" and "Power in the Workplace II" are walk-in classes.

Herald Sports

ND Scores: Baseball--West Virginia 19, ND 3; Tennis, Men's Big East Championships Quarterfinals--ND 4, Georgetown 0; Women's Big East Championships Quarterfinals--(4) ND 4, Pittsburgh 0; Track & Field, Mt. SAC Relays--Joanna Schultz third in women's 400-meter hurdles; Jaclyn Espinoza third in women's discus; Anna Weber third in Flight Three of women's hammer; Balazs Molnar won men's 400-meter hurdles; Justin Schneider second in men's decathlon; Dave Rankin Track & Field Invitational at Purdue--Greg Davis third in men's hammer throw.
Bethel Scores: Softball, Bethel College Invitational--(8) Bethel 4, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1; Bethel 5, Judson 1; Golf, Women, Blackthorn Big-Time Challenge--(3) Pilots lead field by 35 strokes with 304 team score; Jessica Layman and Shanna Page shoot 70 and 73 respectively.
NBA Playoffs: Playoffs begin today.
NHL Playoffs: Penguins 3, Flyers 2 (OT) (Penguins lead 2-0); Flames 2, Devils 1 (OT) (Series tied 1-1); Canucks 3, Blues 0 (Canucks lead 2-0).
MLB National League: Cubs 8, Cardinals 7; Pirates 3, Braves 0; Marlins 3, Nationals 2 (10); Padres 8, Phillies 7; Mets 5, Brewers 4 (Gary Sheffield hits 500th HR); Reds 2, Astros 1; Dodgers 4, Rockies 3; Giants 2, Diamondbacks 0.
MLB American League: Rays 6, White Sox 5; Yankees 6, Indians 5; Athletics 8, Blue Jays 5; Red Sox 10, Orioles 8; Royals 12, Rangers 3; Twins 11, Angels 9; Mariners 6, Tigers 3.
Indy Racing: Castroneves--two-time Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves acquited of most of his tax evasion charges; will resume racing with Team Penske at Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
NFL Notes: Bills--Colts RB Dominic Rhodes signs 2-year deal with Bills.
Death: Ed Blake, 83, played 15 seasons in MLB with Reds and (Kansas City) Athletics.

Local

Local Headlines: American Idol--"American Idol" Summer Tour coming to Rosemont, IL. and Indy; also coming to Auburn Hills, MI, and Grand Rapids, MI; features top 10 finalists from this season's "Idol;" Shooting--police are investigating a shooting which occurred early this morning on North Adams Street in South Bend; initial reports were that multiple shots were fired from a car with five people in it; the man was taken to Memorial and treated for what the supervisor there called a "non-life-threatening leg injury.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama gets friendly with Venezuelan President Chavez at summit of American leaders in Trinidad; president tells radio audience that government, like families, has to make hard choices about finances; Iran--U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi convicted of espionage by closed-door Iranian court and sentenced to eight years in prison; Somalia--pirates seize Belgian ship; NATO frees 20 hostages from a Yemeni dhow;
Entertainment: Wed--TV host and "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker and U.S. tennis star Andy Roddick get married.
Deaths: Former actor Jody McCrea, 74; starred as "Bonehead" in "Muscle Beath Party," "Bikini Beach," "Pajama Party," "Beath Blanket Bingo," and "How To Stuff a Wild Bikini;" was son of actor Joel McCrea who died in 1990; appeared in westerns like father before switching to "Beach" pictures.

Weather
Today High 73 Low 48 Partly Cloudy
Sun High 63 Low 42 Rain/Thunder
Mon
High 47 Low 36 Showers
Tue
High 52 Low 36 Showers
Wed
High 59 Low 37 Mostly Sunny

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